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  • 71thievish — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stealthy, furtive, cunning; see light fingered , secretive , sly 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Tending to larceny: larcenous. See CRIMES …

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  • 72Stealing — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Stealing >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 stealing stealing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 theft theft thievery latrociny| direption Sgm: N 1 abstraction abstraction appropriation Sgm: N 1 plagiary …

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  • 73Thief — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Thief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 thief thief robber homo triumliterarum pilferer rifler filcher plagiarist GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 spoiler spoiler depredator pillager marauder …

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  • 74thievish — a. 1. Given to stealing, inclined to theft, light fingered. 2. Sly, secret, stealthy, underhand, like a thief …

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  • 75pickpocket — n thief, Fagin, Artful Dodger, petty criminal, Sl. dip, Sl. light fingered Louie; purse snatch er, cutpurse …

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  • 76predatory — adj 1. rapacious, predacious, preying, vulturine, raptorial; wolfish, lupine; ravenous, ravening, voracious, devouring, omnivorous, insatiable, cormorant, savage, bestial, fierce, bloodthirsty, hungry. 2. marauding, plundering, pillaging, looting …

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  • 77thief — n 1. pilferer, filcher, Sl. ripoff or rip off artist, purloiner, stealer, Inf. crook, Sl. ganef; shoplifter, pickpocket, cutpurse, purse snatcher, light fingered Louie, Sl. dip; Psychol. kleptomaniac. 2. burglar, robber, housebreaker, Sl.… …

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  • 78thieving — / thievish [adj] criminal crooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, kleptomaniacal*, larcenous, light fingered*, pilfering, piratic*, plunderous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly, spoliative, stealthy, stickyfingered*; concept 401 Ant …

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  • 79thievish — thieving / thievish [adj] criminal crooked, cunning, dishonest, fraudulent, furtive, kleptomaniacal*, larcenous, light fingered*, pilfering, piratic*, plunderous, predatory, rapacious, secretive, sly, spoliative, stealthy, stickyfingered*;… …

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  • 80Филлипс (Phillips), Дэвид Грэм — (31.Х.1867, Мадисон, Индиана 24.1.1911, Нью Йорк)    прозаик, публицист. Родился в семье банковского служащего. Окончив Принстонский университет (1887), стал журналистом, сотрудничал в газетах Цинциннати, потом Нью Йорка.    Первые романы… …

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